Organic Vegetable Gardeners Welcome King Harry

Posted Mar 15 2009 3:01pm

“King Harry” potato is just what American organic gardeners, plagued with Colorado potato beetles, have been waiting for. The “King Harry” variety of potato has been bred to have millions of tiny, sticky hairs covering each leaf. This creates a very unwelcome surface for landing potato beetles, so the beetles move on to another potato plot which has more beetle-friendly leaves.